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Recognised as Colour

#893CD4

  • #893CD4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark orchid

#893CD4 is a violet with RGB values 137, 60, 212 and HSL 270°, 64%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark orchid.

Colour values

#893CD4#893CD4
HEX#893CD4
RGBrgb(137, 60, 212)
RGB (0–1)0.5373, 0.2353, 0.8314
RGB percentages53.7%, 23.5%, 83.1%
HSLhsl(270.4, 63.9%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.4, 71.7%, 83.1%)
CMYK35.4%, 71.7%, 0%, 16.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,994,004
CSS custom property--colour: #893CD4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13304WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.74:1
Contrast with white5.74:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#575757
Inverted#76C32B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0065D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#0066D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Tritanopia#7A6184no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 65.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.66:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark orchid · ΔE 7.2Blue violet · ΔE 13.9Dark violet · ΔE 17.6Medium orchid · ΔE 20.5Medium slateblue · ΔE 20.9Slate blue · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark orchid (#9932CC)ΔE 7.19, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#87D43C
Analogous#3D3CD4, #D43CD3
Triadic#D4893C, #3CD489
Split complementary#D3D43C, #3CD43D
Tetradic#D43D3C, #87D43C, #3CD3D4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EEE3F9
Lighter +30%#D5B9F0
Lighter +20%#BC90E6
Lighter +10%#A266DD
Darker −10%#6F28B5
Darker −20%#561F8B
Darker −30%#3C1562
Darker −40%#220C38
More saturated +25%#891EF2
Less saturated −25%#895AB6

Channel breakdown

R137
G60
B212
Red137 (53.7%)
Green60 (23.5%)
Blue212 (83.1%)
Hue270.39°
Saturation (HSL)63.87%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 89 · G 3C · B D4

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